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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
World
Mohammed Adow

First recycled-plastic dhow makes Kenya-Zanzibar trip

First recycled-plastic dhow makes Kenya-Zanzibar trip

The world's first dhow made out of recycled plastic and flipflops has set sail for Zanzibar in Tanzania from Kenya's Lamu Island.

People behind the project want to highlight the effect of up to 12 million tonnes of plastic waste being dumped into our oceans every year.

Al Jazeera's Mohammed Adow reports from Laumu, Kenya.

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